These inquisitive animals spend their day foraging for food and looking for snack treats the zookeepers hide throughout the exhibit. The monkeys are exhibited with red-footed tortoise because they share habitat in the wild.

Next time you’re at the zoo, compare the Golden-lion Tamarins with other monkey species – the Howler monkeys, pygmy marmosets and pale-faced saki – that are also in the rainforest building. How are they alike? How are they different?